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COVINGTON CATHOLIC FOOTBALL
The lone undefeated football team in NKY resides in Park Hills. The Colonels capped off an undefeated regular season with a 35-7 victory over Campbell County on Oct. 27.
They enter the playoffs at 10-0 thanks to their balanced offensive attack with an array of weapons at the skill positions and a fundamental defense.
The Colonels outscored teams 446-143 this season, earning the No. 1 spot in Class 4A’s RPI ratings system. They’ll have the opportunity to host the first four playoff games as long as they keep advancing.
During the regular season they were guided by Evan Pitzer’s efficient play at quarterback, completing 73% of his passes for 2,062 yards, 24 touchdowns and just four interceptions on 171 pass attempts. Owen Leen led the rushing attack with 465 yards and eight touchdowns, Braylon Miller the top target out wide with 41 receptions for 641 yards and five touchdowns. Willie Rodriguez hauled in eight touchdown grabs while also helping bolster the defensive unit. Tate Kruer led the team with 80 tackles, Ben Reeves with a team-high six sacks.
Covington Catholic begins their postseason journey on Friday when they host Greenup County.
BEECHWOOD GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
The Tigers were small-school royalty at Saturday’s KHSAA Class A state meet at the Kentucky Horse Park. They won their second straight team title over Lexington Christian, 41-69.
Beechwood placed five of its seven runners in the top 15 – sophomore Lily Parke in second (19:27.35), sophomore Nora Wilke in third (20:20.29), junior Isabel Ginter in 11th (20:43.31), junior Charli Gerrein in 13th (20:53.95); and junior Annie Harris in 15th (21:07.69).
It capped off a dominant season for Beechwood with an undefeated season, winning every meet they participated in with a full team.
BISHOP BROSSART BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Bishop Brossart claimed two KHSAA Class A state cross country titles on Oct. 28 at the Kentucky Horse Park, as a team and with individual Nathan Ruth.
The Mustangs edged out Villa Madonna the week before in the region meet for the region title and then did so again at the state meet, 87-92, the Mustangs’ first team title since 2014.
Ruth won the boys individual crown in his high school finale with a time of 16:04.02.
Brossart’s next four finishers were: junior Griffin Hill (15th place, 17:19.20), senior Ryan Clines (24th, 17:40.50), senior Nick Heck (17:41.70) and freshman Colin Glasgow (17:42.30).
NOTRE DAME VOLLEYBALL
Notre Dame added some more hardware to their storied program with another 9th Region championship, defeating St. Henry 3-0 (27-25, 25-23, 25-17) on Oct. 26 at Cooper. Notre Dame won all three meetings against St. Henry on its way to a second consecutive region championship.
In the region title game, things again started defensively for Notre Dame with 62 digs and 11 blocks. Junior libero Julia Grace put up another spectacular game with 27 digs to go with two aces and Lacey Hostetler followed with 10 digs.
The Pandas controlled the net with 21 blocks. Goetz, Audrey Dyas and Riley McCloskey had five each as Notre Dame answered the bell against St. Henry power hitters Alivia Skidmore and Anna Guard.
Notre Dame (30-5) then hit the ball all over the court with different players stepping forward in each game. McCloskey, Ava Erpenbeck and Grace Portwood had 10 kills each and Ava Tilden had nine. The setters put up big games as Lauren Ott had 20 assists and Lizzy Larkins had 18.
The Pandas followed that up with a first round state tournament win over Campbell County on Monday. They’ll head to Winchester on Friday to take on McCracken County in the quarterfinals at 5 p.m.
CAMPBELL COUNTY VOLLEYBALL
Campbell County pulled off a thrilling 3-2 (25-22, 18-25, 18-25, 25-19, 15-13) win over rival Scott in the 10th Region championship game on Oct. 26. The Camels avenged a loss to Scott exactly one week after losing the district championship at Bishop Brossart.
All four meetings between the two went the full length with the Camels winning three of them, winning their first region championship since 2019.
Campbell County consistently fed its two solid senior middle blockers in Emma Manser and Lexi Scharold. Manser had 17 kills and Scharold had nine. Scharold, Manser and Ava Crowl had four solo blocks each as the Camels recorded 12 blocks and 33 kills.
The Camels used that size advantage again with quick sets and cut down on the errors from a week ago. Sophomore setter Hope Hamilton had 28 of Campbell County’s 31 assists.
But a number of players had big roles in the win for Campbell County (19-13). The Camels had 57 digs and six aces. Crowl led the way with 15 digs with Hamilton digging up 12. A’lon McIntyre and Ella Thorwarth dug up seven balls each. Crowl and McIntyre had two aces each.
Campbell County saw their season come to a close with a loss to Notre Dame in the first round of the state tournament on Monday. They finished with a 19-14 record.
COVINGTON CATHOLIC CROSS COUNTRY
The Colonels dominated the KHSAA Class 2A cross country state meet with 62 points, outscoring runner-up Mason County’s 151 by 89 points. CovCath dropped down from Class 3A this year running in 2A for the first time since 2014.
CovCath won its third Class 2A championship overall. But the last one came 29 years ago in 1994 and the first one took place in 1982.
Junior Will Sheets ran for the Colonels for the first time in eight weeks and took third in 16:10.97 behind Thomas Nelson junior Riku Sugie (15:40.02) and John Hardin senior Brendan Nagle (15:52.57). Sheets won the 3A individual crown in 15:28.20 last year.
Joe Mayer finished right behind Sheets in fourth in 16:22.40. Michael Zechella also made the podium finishing 11th in 16:58.30 before Nolan Bonta took 17th in 17:26.64. Luke Meagher took 30th overall in 17:51.73 rounding out the CovCath scoring.
CovCath wound up putting all seven runners in the top 50 out of 260 runners total. Luke McLane took 32nd in 17:52.36 and Jackson Germann finished 49th in 18:14.35.
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